I Already Know Mine Will Take Years.
The In-Between Life I Already Know Mine Will Take Years. A personal one. On building a second home you hope you never need, beside a border that will not settle. September 2026 I have been writing to you about the in-between as though I were standing just outside it, describing yours. It is time to […]
Some In-Betweens Last for Years.
The In-Between Life Some In-Betweens Last for Years. On the timelines nobody meant for you, and how to keep your mind when the middle refuses to end. September 2026 Somewhere along the way, we were all handed a timetable. Everything is supposed to take a certain amount of time. Grief has a socially acceptable length. […]
You Did Not Walk Here.You Were Moved.
The In-Between Life You Did Not Walk Here.You Were Moved. On the silence that runs at every scale, and why the room where it started is one you will never enter. July 2026 From the outside, nothing has slipped. The emails are answered. The calendar fills and empties. Somebody would describe you this week as […]
You Don’t Leave Her Behind.You Put Her to Work.
The In-Between Life You Don’t Leave Her Behind.You Put Her to Work. On the woman you used to be, the shame we carry about her, and everything she was quietly learning the whole time. July 2026 There is a fantasy that lives in almost every woman who is building a new life. In it, the […]
A New Life Requires a New Dictionary.
The In-Between Life A New Life Requires a New Dictionary. On why the words that used to fit you stop fitting, long before you have found the ones that do. July 2026 We talk about learning a new language as though it only happens to people who cross a border. Pack the boxes, land somewhere […]
You Don’t Need a Verdict.You Need a Decision.
The In-Between Life You Don’t Need a Verdict.You Need a Decision. On the case we spend years building for leaving, and the jury that was never actually watching. July 2026 There is a folder so many women carry. Not a real one. A quiet, careful one. Every cold silence goes into it. Every promise that […]
You Are Not Selfish.You Are Inconvenient.
The In-Between Life You Are Not Selfish.You Are Inconvenient. On the word people reach for when you stop giving them what they had come to expect. July 2026 The first time someone called me selfish, I apologized. Not because I had done anything wrong, but because the word did exactly what it was built to […]
The Systems You Never Chose.
The In-Between Life The Systems You Never Chose. On the invisible patterns we build without deciding to, and the ones quietly keeping us in place. July 2026 I noticed something about myself this week that I am almost embarrassed to admit. At some point, without ever deciding it, my phone and my computer had quietly […]
Someone Always Has It Worse.Change Your Life Anyway.
The In-Between Life Someone Always Has It Worse.Change Your Life Anyway. On soft suffering, the comfort of comparison, and why waiting for the worst keeps you exactly where you are. June 2026 You say something is hard. Out loud, or only to yourself. And before the sentence is even finished, the answer arrives. But someone […]
I’m Not a Daddy’s Princess.I’m Mama’s Warrior.
The In-Between Life I’m Not a Daddy’s Princess.I’m Mama’s Warrior. On the stage I never reached, the mother I do not blame, and the fire that gets handed down. May 2026 As I write this, my daughter is on a bus to the rehearsal. I dropped her at the school gate this morning and watched […]